Dee-Lite - "Good Beat"You know Dee-lite, right? The house music crossover sensation that sold out three worldwide tours in the early 90s? The guys who made the ultimate middle school dance hit "Groove Is in the Heart"?Well you may not know this cut, but it was a number-one hit on the US Dance Charts in 1991. This trio met in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and formed the group in 1986. Soviet expat DJ Dimitry joined Tokyo-born jungle DJ Towa Towa with American vocalist Lady Miss Kier and together they developed a funk-inspired dance act that was strongly flavored by the New York City house that surrouned them.The band called on young people to join the "holographic mind orgy" and their psychedelic outfits reinforced that theme. Indeed, Lady Miss Kier's taste for the massive John Fluevog platform shoes she famously wore on their first album cover helped propel the early 90s into a 70s fashion revival.In this video Kier channels another retro babe: Barbarella, who may have inspired the metallic headpiece and bustier combo she wears in black and white! Jane Fonda's 1968 performance set the bar for outrageous space babes, and Kier's skintight version kicks it up a notch.Speaking of spaced-out looks, check Bootsy Collins in his shooting star getup! Bootsy played bass as part of the live lineup for the Dee-lite's first world tour. It was important to the band to show that dance music could be performed live and wasn't just about sampling. There was a lot of negative press at the time about dance artists ripping off other people's music, and Dee-Lite was out to wash over that negativity with a smiling rainbow of funk.